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Ruth Circle’s LWR Personal Care Kit challenge is complete!   Ruth Circle has exceeded their goal of sending 140 care kits to Lutheran World Relief by completeing 150+kits to help provide basic care necessities to people in need in the US and around the world. Thank you to... Read More →

In his final newsletter, Michael Novotny shares how his final weeks in London have gone, serving through the ELCA’s Young Adults in Global Mission program. He also shares what his next three months will entail as a recruiter for ELCA Young Adults & YAGM in the Midwest... Read More →

Friends and partners, It didn’t take long to settle back into our community and work here in Tanzania.    Our six months in Minnesota were refreshing and we relished being near our children.    We are relieved that Steve is done with his cancer... Read More →

Hurricane Dorian has hit the Bahamas with devastating force, leading to major damage and a growing number of reported deaths. Lutheran Disaster Response is in communication with the Florida-Bahamas Synod, the South Carolina Synod, the North Carolina Synod, Lutheran Services... Read More →

Our Mission Endowment Team had given out free money for you and youth group and confirmation class to either: 1. Grow the funds, or 2. Use the funds to show God’s love to someone! “Money talks” so here are some of the stories. I used $25 to buy fleece to make lap blankets for the... Read More →

Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria are among the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, leaving widespread damage across Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and other locations in the Caribbean. You can donate online at ELCA.org or give... Read More →

We received a personal phone call from our ELCA folks in Chicago, thanking us for our missionary support.  St. John’s is in the top 100 congregations in the nation for ELCA missionary support (for Dr. Steve & Bethany Friberg in Tanzania)! Thank you for your prayers and... Read More →

Thank you for supporting the confirmation students as they helped local children by collecting clothing for Our Kids’ Closet in Germantown. A generous monetary donation was made as well as items of clothing! We still need you to: PRAY for children in need ADVOCATE for poor... Read More →

It’s that time of year again for our annual food drive.  We will be doing classroom challenge between the rooms as well as the Sunday school vs. the congregation.  If your child brings food items, please bring them to their classroom.  We will give weekly updates on who is in the... Read More →

Noisy offerings for May through October will go to Feed My Starving Children. Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Christian non – profit organization committed to feeding God’s children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: volunteers hand-pack meals... Read More →